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山川異域 風月同天 寄諸仏子 共結来縁
The Verse Sewn into the Robe
さんせんいいき ふうげつどうてん きしょぶっし ぐけつらいえん · sansen iiki fuugetsu douten kisho busshi guketsu raien
¥6,980$70.00€65.00
An impression from a seal hand-carved in Tokyo, printed on a garment.
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寶千印 · Tokyo · 2026
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- Printed one at a time
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- Original seal
- Hand-carved in Tokyo
Reading
Mountains and rivers mark off one land from another; the same wind and moon pass over both.
What divides is distance, not sky.
The robe is sent to people not yet met, to tie a bond not yet come.
The tie is made before the meeting.
Origin
A gāthā that Prince Nagaya had embroidered in gold thread along the hems of a thousand kesa robes sent to the monks of Tang. Its four lines — "Different lands, mountains and rivers; one same sky, wind and moon. Offered to the children of the Buddha, to bind a bond yet to come" — are recorded in the Complete Tang Poems (Quan Tangshi), vol. 732, under the title "On the Hem of an Embroidered Kesa." The verse is said to have moved Ganjin toward his crossing to Japan.
Seal
The original seal is hand-carved in Tokyo by the artist Satake Hōsen. Its impression is reproduced as a print on the garment.
篆刻 — 佐竹 寶千 朱印
Specifications
- Garment
- Short sleeve: Bella + Canvas 3001 / Long sleeve: Gildan 2400 (Ultra Cotton)
- DTG print — front: the seal; back & inside label: 寳千 / Vermilion
- Size
- S · M · L · XL
- Price
- ¥6,980$70.00€65.00
Size guide
Short sleeve · Bella + Canvas 3001
| Size | Length | Chest width |
|---|---|---|
| S | 71 / 28.0 | 46 / 18.1 |
| M | 74 / 29.1 | 51 / 20.1 |
| L | 76 / 29.9 | 56 / 22.0 |
| XL | 79 / 31.1 | 61 / 24.0 |
Long sleeve · Gildan 2400
| Size | Length | Chest width | Sleeve |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 71 / 28.0 | 46 / 18.1 | 85 / 33.5 |
| M | 74 / 29.1 | 51 / 20.1 | 89 / 35.0 |
| L | 76 / 29.9 | 56 / 22.0 | 93 / 36.6 |
| XL | 79 / 31.1 | 61 / 24.0 | 97 / 38.2 |
Garment measured flat, in cm / inches. Slight variation occurs between pieces. Check the measurements rather than the size letter.
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